MLMTA'06: June 26, 2006 Schedule

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6:30am - 5:00pm:  Registration (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)

08:30 - 08:45am:  WORLDCOMP'06 Opening Remarks
                  Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia (General Chair & Coordinator)
                  University of Georgia, Georgia, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

08:45 - 09:45am:  Keynote Lecture 1:
                  Erasing the Digital Divide: Putting Your Best Idea on the
                  $100 Laptop
                  Prof. Barry Vercoe
                  Founding Member of MIT Media Lab, MIT, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

09:50 - 10:50am:  Keynote Lecture 2:
                  The Reinvention of the Microprocessor
                  Dr. Chris Rowen
                  President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc., USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

10:50 - 11:20am:  Increasing Diversity and Participation in Advanced Computing
                  Dr. John R. Boisseau
                  Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center,
                  The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

11:20a - 12:20p:  Panel - Performance and Connectivity on the $100 Laptop
                  Panel Chair: Prof. Barry Vercoe, MIT Media Lab, MIT, USA
                  Panelists: Jim Gettys* and Michail Bletsas**
                  *Vice President, Software Engineering, OLPC
                  **Chief Connectivity Officer, OLPC
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

12:20 - 01:10pm:  Lunch (On Your Own)


01:10 - 03:40pm:  Note: There are a number of other sessions (not listed
                  here) that are of significant interest to MLMTA conference
                  participants (sessions belonging to other joint conferences in
                  this event.)  Therefore, you are encouraged to also check the
                  schedules for other joint conferences.  (In particular,
                  schedules for ICAI'06, DMIN'06, IKE'06, IPCV'06, and EEE'06).


SESSION 1-MLMTA:  NEURAL NETWORKS + BRAIN ANATOMY
                  Chairs: Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani* and GuoQiang (George) Peng**
                  *Florida Institute of Technology, USA
                  **Toronto, Canada
                  June 26, 2006 (Monday); 03:40pm - 05:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Meeting Room 2)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Integrating a Data-mining Neural Network into a High Performance 
                  Computing Environment 
                  Phil Andrews, Wayne Pfeiffer, and Robert Harkness
                  University of California, San Diego, USA

04:00 - 04:20pm:  Operational Data Based Anomaly Detection for Locomotive Diagnostics
                  Feng Xue*, Weizhong Yan**, Nicholas Roddy***, Anil Varma**
                  */**GE Global Research, New York, USA
                  ***GE Transportation Systems, Erie, PA, USA

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Liepmann's Imperial Counselor Re-visited: The First Documented
                  Case of Disparity of Neural and Behavioral Handedness
                  Iraj Derakhshan, MD
                  Charleston, West Virginia, USA

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Laterality of the Alien Hand: Directionality of Callosal
                  Traffic Underpins Neural Handedness
                  Iraj Derakhshan, MD
                  Charleston, West Virginia, USA

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus with an Unusual EEG: Another
                  Look at Lateralities of Motor Control and Awareness
                  Iraj Derakhshan, MD
                  Charleston, West Virginia, USA


06:00 - 9:00pm:   TWO TUTORIALS  (planned)

                  CONFERENCE TUTORIAL A
                  Alice: Using Animation to Teach Introductory Programming
                  Dr. H. Keith Edwards
                  University of Hawaii - Hilo, USA
                  June 26, 2006 (Monday)
                  (LOCATION: Meeting Room 7)

                  CONFERENCE TUTORIAL B
                  An Introduction to Biometric Recognition Systems
                  Dr. M. Deriche
                  KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
                  June 26, 2006 (Monday)
                  (LOCATION: Meeting Room 8)


09:00 - 11:00pm:  CONFERENCE RECEPTION DINNER - June 26 (Monday)
                  (LOCATION: Meeting Rooms 1-5)

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